Although Ancient China and Ancient Egypt's religious beliefs share similarities as being polytheistic and believing in after life, they have more difference than similarities such as the way the belief and the way they believed in the afterlife.
The first reason ancient China and ancient Egypt have similarities is by first looking at the similarities such as being polytheistic. Ancient China and Ancient Egypt worshiped many gods.
For Egypt by instance, "Egyptians do not worship same gods."(Document 7) The dependability of Herodotus is now and then reprimanded when expounding on Egypt. Alan B. Lloyd contends that, as a chronicled archive, the compositions of Herodotus are truly flawed, and that he was working from "lacking sources". This period Greeks traveled Egypt to study their religions and beliefs. Greek influenced Egypt most of the time such as The Hellenistic kingdom in that period. Another example of polytheistic will be"Re finds thee upon the shores of the sky in this lake that is Nut (the Sky-goddess)."(Document 1) Also, "Hail the great god, lord of the Two Goddesses of What is Right."(Document 2), and lastly, "Making an offering to Osiris, the god of death, afterlife and resurrection."(Document 5) As we …show more content…
Egyptian pharaohs were thought to be the human indication of the god Horus; and was in charge of the yearly flooding of the Nile which made Egyptian development conceivable. All things considered, they were viewed as celestial. It was profoundly ill-advised to try and look upon the Pharaoh and to touch him unless he mainly asked for it was deserving of death. A valuable couple of Egyptians ever saw the Pharaoh, as he stayed escaped their perspective. It was consequent that his similarity was regularly depicted in
The first reason ancient China and ancient Egypt have similarities is by first looking at the similarities such as being polytheistic. Ancient China and Ancient Egypt worshiped many gods.
For Egypt by instance, "Egyptians do not worship same gods."(Document 7) The dependability of Herodotus is now and then reprimanded when expounding on Egypt. Alan B. Lloyd contends that, as a chronicled archive, the compositions of Herodotus are truly flawed, and that he was working from "lacking sources". This period Greeks traveled Egypt to study their religions and beliefs. Greek influenced Egypt most of the time such as The Hellenistic kingdom in that period. Another example of polytheistic will be"Re finds thee upon the shores of the sky in this lake that is Nut (the Sky-goddess)."(Document 1) Also, "Hail the great god, lord of the Two Goddesses of What is Right."(Document 2), and lastly, "Making an offering to Osiris, the god of death, afterlife and resurrection."(Document 5) As we …show more content…
Egyptian pharaohs were thought to be the human indication of the god Horus; and was in charge of the yearly flooding of the Nile which made Egyptian development conceivable. All things considered, they were viewed as celestial. It was profoundly ill-advised to try and look upon the Pharaoh and to touch him unless he mainly asked for it was deserving of death. A valuable couple of Egyptians ever saw the Pharaoh, as he stayed escaped their perspective. It was consequent that his similarity was regularly depicted in